Exhibitions | Into the Ether: Published Works on Ballooning and Atmospheric Studies, 1783–1910

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This aviation exhibition was on display between June 2018 and April 2019 in the AML Aviation Museum Gallery 05a-d gallery, located in International Terminal

Tweets about Into the Ether: Published Works on Ballooning and Atmospheric Studies, 1783–1910 The @SFOMuseum Twitter account has posted 12 tweets about Into the Ether: Published Works on Ballooning and Atmospheric Studies, 1783–1910. Here are 3 of them, chosen at random.

First created in France during the Age of Enlightenment by brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier between 1782–1783, the hot air balloon’s influence on society and culture, as well as the advancement of technology and science, was profound. #IntoTheEther This tweet was posted on June 22, 2018.

Read the first sheet of the Balloon Post, a short-lived newsletter that aimed to raise funds in relief of French refugees of the Franco-Prussian War, edited by Susan Hale in 1871. #IntotheEther #ballooning This tweet was posted on August 03, 2018.

Have you ever been in a hot air balloon? In the 1780s, this new technology allowed for people to rise above the clouds for the first time in recorded human history. https://t.co/EU1Sbhk5o9 #IntoTheEther This tweet was posted on July 06, 2018.